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PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
CHANGE WORKSHEET
2015-16 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:16) 16 Field Test Institutions and
Enrollment Lists – Addition of Two Data Elements to NPSAS Enrollment List Change Request
Agency/Subagency

OMB Control Number

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences
Enter only items that change

1850-0666 v.14

Current Record

New Record

NA

NA

300
794

300
794

52.90%

52.90%

724

724

Agency form number(s)
Annual reporting and record keeping
hour burden
Number of respondent
Total annual responses
Percent of these responses
collected electronically
Total annual hours

0

Difference
Explanation of difference

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0

Program change
Adjustment
Annual reporting and record keeping
cost burden (in thousands of dollars)
Total annualized capital/startup
costs
Total annual costs (O&M)
Total annualized cost requested

NA

NA

NA
NA

NA
NA
NA

Difference
Explanation of difference

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NA

Program change
Adjustment
Other change**

The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS), a nationally representative study of how students and their
families finance postsecondary education, was first implemented by the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) in 1987 and has been fielded every 3 to 4 years since. The next major data collection will occur in 2016 with
a field test collection in 2015. This submission is for the ninth cycle in the series, NPSAS:16, which will also serve
as the base year study for the 2016 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B) which provides data on
the various paths of recent college graduates into employment and additional education. The NPSAS:16 field test
sample will include about 300 institutions (full-scale sample about 1,680) and about 4,500 students (120,000 fullscale). Institution contacting for the field test will begin in September 2014 and student data collection will be
conducted January through May 2015 (full-scale institution contacting will begin in October 2015 and student data
will be collected January through June 2016). A separate package to request clearance for student data collection
(interviews and institution record data) will be submitted to OMB on December 16, 2014. The NPSAS:16 Field Test
Institutions and Enrollment Lists OMB package (1850-0666 v.12) was approved in July 2014, including the list of
data elements being requested on the enrollment list provided by the institutions. This request is to add two data
elements to the student enrollment list collection in the NPSAS:16 field test to ensure that the institutions’ staff are
not inadvertently including high school students on the enrollment list for NPSAS.
Signature of Senior Official or designee:

Date:

For OIRA Use

December 8, 2014

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**This form cannot be used to extend an expiration date
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